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all these light fields and their offshoots a delicate varicose 

 reticulum starts, which traverses the whole of the brown basis- 

 substance. (See Fig. 35.) 



Slight gold tinction shows that the violet nucleated bodies 

 and their coarser offshoots correspond, both in size and shape r 

 with the large light fields brought to view by nitrate of silver. 

 In specimens deeply stained with chloride of gold, we observe 

 that, from each dark violet corpuscle and its offshoots, numerous 



FIG. 35. LONGITUDINAL SECTION FROM THE CORTICAL PORTION OF THE 

 HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD, STAINED WITH NITRATE OF SILVER. [PUB- 

 LISHED IN 1873.] 



<V and B, larger and smaller light spaces traversing the brown basis-substance, which every- 

 where is pierced by a delicate light reticulum. Magnified 800 diameters. 



very delicate dark violet filaments proceed, penetrating a vari- 

 cose granular net- work. The latter traverses the basis-substance 



